2018 Super Rugby squads

The 2018 Super Rugby tournament kicks off this weekend and unlike in 2016 and 2017 seasons which had 18 teams the 2018 season will be contested by 15 teams.

The Western Force, Southern Kings and the Cheetahs have all been removed and instead of the four confusing conferences there are three conferences.

The Sunwolves have joined the Australian Super Rugby Conference and the Jaguares have joined the South African Conference.

Each of the 15 Super Rugby teams will play 16 matches in their regular season. These 16 matches will include eight matches against teams in their own conference (home and away) and four matches against teams from each of the other Conferences (home or away).